Family and Education
b. 16 Sept. 1678, 1st s. of Henry St. John†, cr. Visct. St John 1716, and 1st w. Lady Mary Rich, da. and coh. of Robert Rich†, 3rd earl of Warwick. educ. ?Eton c.1692; DCL, Oxf. 1702; travelled abroad (France, Switzerland, Italy) 1698–9; Padua Univ. 1699. m. (1) 22 May 1701, Frances (d.1718), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Winchcombe‡, 2nd bt. s.p.; (2) May 1720, Marie Claire (d.1750), da. of Armand des Champs, seigneur de Marcilly, wid. of Philip le Valois de Villette, s.p. d. 12 Dec. 1751; will 22 Nov. 1751, pr. 5 Mar. 1752. TNA, PROB 11/793.
Offices Held
Sec. at war 1704 – 08; PC 21 Sept. 1710–14; sec. of state (north) 1710 – 13, (south) 1713 – 14; envoy to France 1712; sec. of state to Pretender 1715–16.
Ld. lt. Essex 1712 – 15; recorder, Harwich 1712 – 15; high steward, Newbury ?1712.
Dir. S. Sea Co. 1711 – 15.
FRS 1713.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Bucklebury, Berks.; Battersea, Surr.
Likenesses
oil on canvas, Alexis Simon Belle, c.1712, NPG 593; oil on canvas, attrib. to J. Richardson, c.1730, NPG 1493.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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